Song of Songs 2:6

In 11 translations

BSB

His left hand is under my head, and his right arm embraces me.

KJV

His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me.

WEB

His left hand is under my head. His right hand embraces me.

ASV

His left hand is under my head, And his right hand doth embrace me.

LSV

His left hand [is] under my head, || And his right embraces me.

YLT

His left hand [is] under my head, And his right doth embrace me.

DBY

His left hand is under my head, And his right hand doth embrace me.

DRC

His left hand is under my head, and his right hand shall embrace me.

GNV

His left hande is vnder mine head, and his right hand doeth imbrace me.

JPS

Let his left hand be under my head, and his right hand embrace me.

LXXE

His left hand shall be under my head, and his right hand shall embrace me.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC

שְׂמֹאלוֹ֙ תַּ֣חַת לְרֹאשִׁ֔י וִימִינ֖וֹ תְּחַבְּקֵֽנִי׃

LXX-Br

Εὐώνυμος αὐτοῦ ὑπὸ τὴν κεφαλήν μου, καὶ ἡ δεξιὰ αὐτοῦ περιλήψεταί με.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

• Zephaniah 3:17The LORD your God is among you; He is mighty to save. He will rejoice over you with gladness; He will quiet you with His love; He will rejoice over you with singing.”
• Isaiah 54:5–10For your husband is your Maker— the LORD of Hosts is His name— the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; He is called the God of all the earth. For the LORD has called you back, like a wife deserted and wounded in…
• Jeremiah 32:41Yes, I will rejoice in doing them good, and I will faithfully plant them in this land with all My heart and with all My soul.
• Song of Songs 8:3–5His left hand is under my head, and his right arm embraces me. O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you: Do not arouse or awaken love until the time is right. Who is this coming up from the wilderness, leaning on her…
• Proverbs 4:8Prize her, and she will exalt you; if you embrace her, she will honor you.
• John 3:29The bride belongs to the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom stands and listens for him, and is overjoyed to hear the bridegroom’s voice. That joy is mine, and it is now complete.
• Isaiah 62:4–5No longer will you be called Forsaken, nor your land named Desolate; but you will be called Hephzibah, and your land Beulah; for the LORD will take delight in you, and your land will be His bride. For as a young man…
• Ephesians 5:25–29Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, and to present her to Himself as a glorious church,…

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